Krit.Hardening

1.0.0

Kritical Hardening toolkit. Stands on the shoulders of HotCakeX/Harden-Windows-Security-Module, scipag/HardeningKitty, Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit, and the DSC AuditPolicy/SecurityPolicy resources. v1.0.0 is audit-only: a single call runs every installed compliance probe and emits a Kritical-branded HTML + Excel report. Apply-side functions (Invoke-KritHarde
Kritical Hardening toolkit. Stands on the shoulders of HotCakeX/Harden-Windows-Security-Module, scipag/HardeningKitty, Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit, and the DSC AuditPolicy/SecurityPolicy resources. v1.0.0 is audit-only: a single call runs every installed compliance probe and emits a Kritical-branded HTML + Excel report. Apply-side functions (Invoke-KritHardenApply / Restore-KritHardenSnapshot / Start-KritHardenWatcher) ship in v1.1.0 once the snapshot/rollback chain is bulletproof. Built on Krit.OmniFramework.
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Minimum PowerShell version

5.1

Installation Options

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Install-Module -Name Krit.Hardening -RequiredVersion 1.0.0

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Install-PSResource -Name Krit.Hardening -Version 1.0.0

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Owners

Copyright

(c) 2026 Kritical Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.

Package Details

Author(s)

  • Joshua Finley

Tags

Kritical Hardening Security HotCakeX HardeningKitty MicrosoftSecurityComplianceToolkit LGPO DSC CIS STIG Windows MSP Automation

Functions

Test-KritHardenPrereqs Install-KritHardenModules Get-KritHardenModuleStatus Test-KritHardenCompliance New-KritHardenReport Get-KritHardenBanner

PSEditions

Desktop Core

Dependencies

Release Notes

1.0.0 - Initial release (audit-only).
 * Test-KritHardenPrereqs        - 7-gate prereq check (OS / PS / admin / Defender / TPM / SecureBoot / WinRM)
 * Install-KritHardenModules     - wraps Install-Module for HotCakeX Harden-Windows-Security-Module + scipag HardeningKitty; honours the operator's existing module versions
 * Test-KritHardenCompliance     - runs every installed audit tool, normalises findings into a single PSCustomObject set + JSON
 * New-KritHardenReport          - Kritical-branded HTML + Excel via Krit.OmniFramework (sister module)
 * Pester unit tests, brand discipline, no destructive apply path in this version
 * Stands on Krit.OmniFramework 1.0.1+
 * Joshua Finley, Kritical Pty Ltd

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Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
1.0.1 5 6/24/2026
1.0.0 (current version) 4 6/24/2026